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Last week I built this: www.feedstomper.com
I also get to ski for free at 3 of the top resorts in the U.S. Pretty awesome so far.
Trevor has always said that his dream job was to be a projectionist in a movie theater.
For some reason, I always lookout for the cigarette burn to see how cleanly the transition is between the reels.
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For some reason, I always lookout for the cigarette burn to see how cleanly the transition is between the reels.
I wish there was a better way of transitioning the reels, every time the cigarette burns flash I get jerked out of the movie.
I used to work in a video store. Not many people used to turn up, so had a lot of time to myself. You might want to just jump into the store next door. Would be a good bet.
Trevor has always said that his dream job was to be a projectionist in a movie theater.
I've been a projectionist for about 2 years. It's a nice job, but don't expect much time to do other things! Mounting a film only takes about 3 to 8 minutes (depends on if the film roll is already at the right projector or not) But then you have to start it right on time, check if everything is sharp and framed well, then come back 5 minutes later to check again and preferable come back yet again after another 5 minu…
Incidentally, this is RMS' (Stallman, of course, not our own 'rms') suggestion for those who are unable to find a day job doing free software: do something unrelated to software (with the idea being the avoidance of contributing to proprietary software) that gives you free time. Hearing that in person from RMS was the beginning of the end of my interest in RMS style free software.
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I've been a projectionist for about 2 years. It's a nice job, but don't expect much time to do other things! Mounting a film only takes about 3 to 8 minutes (depends on if the film roll is already at the right projector or not) But then you have to start it right on time, check if everything is sharp and framed well, then come back 5 minutes later to check again and preferable come back yet again after another 5 minu…
That seems a little outdated, aren't most theaters using digital HD projectors now? They should be IMO... I've got one in my bedroom and it's why I don't go to the movie theaters anymore. :)
For every 4 hour shift, there was maybe 30 minutes of work.
During "work" was when I discovered/experimented with Ruby on Rails, got interested in start ups, read a lot of PG essays, starting hacking on side projects, etc...
Actually, that job is probably why I'm not working for a BigCo.